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From:	Anonymous (pool-72-72-108-191.bstnma.east.verizon.net)
Subject:	Elopement Reception?
Date:	August 25, 2007 at 6:55 pm PST

My boyfriend + I have decided to elope in a few weeks! This will be a 1st for each of us, and we're not kids (both about 40).
I've never enjoyed being the center of attention, and the thought of hosting a traditional wedding makes my stomach turn - I literally become physically ill from stress + nerves.
BF suggested we have a reception at some point following the wedding, and though I'd almost rather just go about my quiet daily existence without the added stress, I do understand why he wants to have the party. I have NO IDEA of how to host a reception. I must be the most clueless woman in the world when it comes to weddings and all that they entail! Has anyone else ever eloped and then held a reception sometime afterwards? I am worried that some of the people closest to us are going to feel left out, and would like to find a way to somehow include them in the reception (besides, the more attention I manage to direct on others, the less on me!! J I’m most worried about potentially alienating one of my sisters. If we were having a formal wedding, I'd have asked her to be my maid of honor, and my best friend to either be my bridesmaid, or possibly have had 2 maid's of honor.
Is there anything I can do to include them at the reception? Anything to make my mom (elderly and handicapped) feel special? If there's going to be a reception, I'd like to aim for not tacky, but can't afford lavish.

Thanks for any advice!!

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